Re: [PATCH net v3] selftest:net: Fix uninit return values

[Simon Horman]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 03:17:02PM +0530, Sidharth Seela wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't want to block progress.
> > But there are some format problems with the commit message.
> >
> > Locally, git truncates the commit message at the line above ('--').
> > Which, omits a lot of useful information.
> > Most critically your Signed-off-by line.
> >
> > There is also another '--' below. Just above the fixes tag.
> > Which would cause a similar problem.
> >
> > And the v2/v3 information should go below the scissors ('---'),
> > below your signed-off by line.
> >
> > Maybe the maintainers can fix this when applying,
> > given how close we are to the pull for v6.18-rc1.
> > And that I believe there has already been some
> > discussion of this patch with the maintainers.
> >
> > > ovpn-cli.c:1587:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> > >  1587 |         if (!sock) {
> > >       |             ^~~~~
> > > ovpn-cli.c:1635:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> > >  1635 |         return ret;
> > >       |                ^~~
> > > ovpn-cli.c:1587:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
> > >  1587 |         if (!sock) {
> > >       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >  1588 |                 fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate netlink socket\n");
> > >       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >  1589 |                 goto err_free;
> > >       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >  1590 |         }
> > >       |         ~
> > > ovpn-cli.c:1584:15: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
> > >  1584 |         int mcid, ret;
> > >       |                      ^
> > >       |                       = 0
> > > ovpn-cli.c:2107:7: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever switch case is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> > >  2107 |         case CMD_INVALID:
> > >       |              ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > > ovpn-cli.c:2111:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> > >  2111 |         return ret;
> > >       |                ^~~
> > > ovpn-cli.c:1939:12: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
> > >  1939 |         int n, ret;
> > >       |                   ^
> > >       |
> > > --
> > > Fixes: 959bc330a439 ("testing/selftests: add test tool and scripts for ovpn module")
> > > ovpn module")
> > >
> > > v3:
> > >       - Use prefix net.
> > >       - Remove so_txtime fix as default case calls error().
> > >       - Changelog before sign-off.
> > >       - Three dashes after sign-off
> > >
> > > v2:
> > >       - Use subsystem name "net".
> > >       - Add fixes tags.
> > >       - Remove txtimestamp fix as default case calls error.
> > >       - Assign constant error string instead of NULL.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <sidharthseela@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> >
> > This is where the v2/v3 information should go.
> >
> > ...
> 
> Thankyou Simon, I didn't know that double hyphen would cause
> an issue. Although I need a logical separator between commit message
> and warning log, may I ask what could be used instead?

Good question. And, TBH, I didn't know that '--' does that either.

A blank line should certainly be safe.
Perhaps ~~ and == are too.

You can check by applying the resulting patch using git am.